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Patent No.:

US 11108323 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 18, 2018

Voltage conversion circuit, solid-state imaging element, and method of controlling voltage conversion circuit

Applicant:

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Yasunori Tsukuda, Kanagawa, JP;

Kazutoshi Tomita, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;

Attorney:

Chip Law Group

Primary Examiner:

Jany Richardson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/156 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H03K 19/003 (2006.01); H03K 19/0185 (2006.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/376 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/156 (2013.01); H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H03K 19/00384 (2013.01); H03K 19/018521 (2013.01); H04N 5/3745 (2013.01); H04N 5/3765 (2013.01);
Abstract

Noise is reduced in a circuit that converts voltage. A voltage conversion circuit includes a conversion transistor, a current source transistor, and a control circuit. In this voltage conversion circuit, the conversion transistor converts a potential of an input signal, the potential being changed from one of two different potentials to the other, by using predetermined current, and outputs the converted signal as an output signal. Furthermore, the current source transistor supplies the predetermined current. Then, in a case where the potential of the input signal is changed to the other potential, the control circuit stops supplying the predetermined current.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Tsukuda, Yasunori. (2021). Voltage conversion circuit, solid-state imaging element, and method of controlling voltage conversion circuit (U.S. Patent No. 11108323). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11108323

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